Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The prepuce or foreskin.
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Anteriorly, each labium minus divides into two portions: the upper division passes above the clitoris to meet its fellow of the opposite side, forming a fold which overhangs the glans clitoridis, and is named the preputium clitoridis; the lower division passes beneath the clitoris and becomes united to its under surface, forming, with its fellow of the opposite side, the frenulum of the clitoris.
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Bellamy 6.38 saw a horn on the clitoris about the size of a tiger's claw in a its origin from beneath the preputium clitoridis.
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The preputium-clitoridis may be adherent and produce in the female similar reflexes.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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Not far from Zabut is the isle of _Mathan_, the inhabitants of which go quite naked, except a slight covering in front, all the males wearing gold-rings hanging to the preputium.
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The top snail is performing the male role (sperm donor), its white preputium (penis-carrying organ, Pp) can be seen inserted under the shell of the sperm recipient, where the female opening is located.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joris M. Koene et al. 2010
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a its origin from beneath the preputium clitoridis.
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